Unit 1 Roll over, Beethoven!
II. Listening Skills
Dialogue 1 Key: B
M: Why don't we go to the concert today'?
W: I'I1 go get the keys.
Q: What does the woman imply?
Dialogue 2 Key: B
W: I can't find my purse anywhere. The opera tickets are in it.
M: Have you checked in the car?
Q: What does the man imply?
Dialogue 3 Key: D
M: Are you going to buy that pirated CD?
W: Do I look like a thief?.
Q: What does the woman imply?
Dialogue 4 Key: C
M: Do you think the singer is pretty?
W: Let's, just, say that I wouldn't vote for her in the local beauty contest.
Q: What does the woman imply about the singer?
Dialogue 5 Key: A
M: Have you seen Tom? I can't find him anywhere.
W: The light in his dorm was on just a few minutes ago.
Q: What does the woman mean?
III. Listening In
Task 1 Encore!
As soon as the singer completed the song, the audience cried, "Encore! Encore!" The singer was delighted and sang the song again. She couldn't believe it when the audience shouted for her to sing it again. The cycle of shouts and songs was repeated ten more times. The singer was overjoyed with the response from the audience. She thanked them and asked them why they were so much interested in hearing the same song again and again. One of the people in the audience replied, "We wanted you to improve it; now it is much better."
Key: 1. F 2. T 3. F 4. T 5. F
Task 2 The Carpenters
W: They play "Yesterday Once More" all the time on the campus radio. Do you like it?
M: I do. I never get tired of it. I like the Carpenters. Their voices are so beautiful and clear. I guess that's why they're so popular.
W: I like the way their voices blend. There were just two of them, brother and sister, right?
M: Yes, Richard and Karen I think they were. She died I think.
W: Yes, anorexia. It is hard to believe that someone so beautiful would starve herself to death.
M: It's a problem everywhere in the world, including China, I'm afraid. Women worry too much about their appearances, and are so crazy about losing weight.
W: Well, let's go for lunch before we go to the concert.
Key: 1. beautiful and clear 2. blend well 3. sister 4. worry too much 5. more important
Song: loud, strong, bad, happy, last, whole, Else, along, love, me
Task 3 Mozart
Teaching Tips: Ask students to note down words and phrases of time while listening.
Mozart was a fascinating musician and composer whose fame continues to grow more than two centuries after his death.
